Handbook of Social Work with Groups, First Edition

Charles D. Garvin, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the School of Social Work of the University of Michigan. He is the author or coauthor of Contemporary Group Work, Interpersonal Practice in Social Work, Social Work in Contemporary Society, and Generalist Practice: A Task-Centered Approach, and the coeditor of The Handbook of Social Work Direct Practice and Integrating Knowledge and Practice: The Case of Social Work and Social Science, among other works. His current research focuses on the use of group work to reduce tensions among ethnic groups and to enhance the functioning of people suffering from severe mental illness. Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, PhD, is Professor at the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychology at the University of Michigan. Her teaching and research focus on multicultural and community organization practice. Dr. Gutierrez's current projects include identifying methods for multicultural community-based research and practice, defining multicultural education for social work practice, and identifying effective methods for learning about social justice. Maeda J. Galinsky, PhD, is Kenan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she has taught social group practice at the School of Social Work for about 40 years. Dr. Galinsky is co-principal investigator of the Making Choices Project, a program aimed at the prevention of violence in elementary school children. She is currently a board member of the International Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups.

Introduction, Charles D. Garvin, Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, and Maeda J. Galinsky
I. Theoretical and Philosophical Foundations
1. Group Dynamics, Ronald W. Toseland, Lani V. Jones, and Zvi D. Gellis
2. An Ecological-Systems Perspective, John E. Tropman
3. Social Group Work in a Global Context, Nazneen S. Mayadas, Rebecca Smith, and Doreen Elliott
4. An Empowerment Perspective, Margot Breton
5. Ethics and Values in Group Work, Helen Northen
II. Group Practice Models: Principal Foundations
6. The Mutual Aid Model, Alex Gitterman
7. Cognitive-Behavioral Group Work, Sheldon D. Rose
III. Group Work Approaches Related to Purpose
8. Support and Self-Help Groups, Linda Farris Kurtz
9. Psychoeducational Groups, Roger Roffman
10. Prevention Groups, James K. Nash and Susie E. Snyder
IV. Group Work Approaches Related to Setting
11. Groups in Physical and Mental Health, George S. Getzel
12. Involuntary Groups, Ronald Rooney and Michael Chovanec
13. Strengths-Based Group Work with Children and Adolescents, Andrew Malekoff
14. Group Work in Child Welfare, Barbara Rittner
15. Groups for Substance Abuse Treatment, Maurice S. Fisher
16. Groups for Older Adults, Ruth Campbell
17. Groups for Reducing Intergroup Conflict, David Bargal
V. Group Work in Organizational and Community Settings
18. Assessing and Strengthening Characteristics of Effective Groups in Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships, Amy J. Schulz, Barbara A. Israel, and Paula Lantz
19. Participatory Research, Popular Education, and Popular Theater: Contributions to Group Work, Janet L. Finn, Maxine Jacobson, and Jillian Dean Campana
20. Social Action Groups, Lee H. Staples
21. Accessing Resources, Transforming Systems: Group Work with Poor and Homeless People, E. Summerson Carr
22. Group Process Dynamics and Skills in Interdisciplinary Teamwork, Julie S. Abramson and Laura R. Bronstein
23. Group Work with Working Groups, Paul H. Ephross and Thomas V. Vassil
24. From Agency Client to Community-Based Consumer: The Family Group Conference as a Consumer-Led Group in Child Welfare, Gale Burford and Joan Pennell
VI. Group Work Research and Evaluation
25. Very Good Solutions Really Do Exist for Group Work Research Design Problems, Aaron M. Brower, Robin G. Arndt, and Annemarie Ketterhagen
26. Measurement Issues, Randy Magen
27. Evaluation of Group Work, Larry M. Gant
VII. The Uses of Technology to Create Groups
28. Technology-Mediated Groups, Andrea Meier